King Pitcos

I just found a load of Preacher comics (not the graphic novel collections, actual single issue comics) and am thinking about selling them. Anyone know what kind of prices they go for?

The single issues don't seem very popular on ebay. I've only just remembered the new hardcover of the first 12 issues. I'm gonna have to get me one of them.

I'm not sure how or why one would compare The Boys to Punisher Max. Both are gory, but Punisher was gritty, dry action and The Boys is an utterly absurd black comedy. It's funny you mention MM - I don't know if you've read the latest The Boys, but there's some very weird shit that undercuts the pathos of his backstory. Then again, Punisher was full of weird outlandish stuff as well. But I don't know, it just has a very different feel to me than The Boys does.

I was never too fond of Punisher Max. I liked the Slavers, but was utterly bored by Nick Fury and many of the mobsters. And I don't share Ennis' interest in the military at all, so all the American/Russian/Arab generals stories left me cold. I also found the artwork shockingly bad at times. I forget the artists now, but I think it was the guy that was pencilling during the last Barracuda appearance - absolutely useless. I much preferred the Punisher Knights run. I've noticed that Robertson appears to be phoning it in with The Boys sometimes, too.

Just read Hitman by Garth Ennis and be taken in by the warm glowing warming glow.

 

May i ask which Hitman have you read? I have Ace Of Spades and the Arkham Asylum one (forget the title but the origin and stuff) and i can't seem to find anymore in my area.

 

Hitman is a touch of class though. Both books were great reads and remarkably fresh idea for a comic based in Gotham City anyroad.

I think only two or three volumes of Hitman have been released in TPB form, though I'm not sure why. I bought a full collection of single issues on ebay as well, it's worth it I reckon.

The Boys is the only monthly comic I read, though it's not great. The problem is that "Superheroes are childish, geeky shit" is a battle that, for the most part, has already been won or lost depending on the reader. The Boys isn't going to convert anyone and isn't making any terribly clever points about them. I'm not sure who the target audience is other than people like me who are fans of Ennis and hate the spandex-clad vigilantes. Anyone who wants to see Ennis get really nasty, check out his other current book "Crossed" - some rather deft sickness involved in that, though not enough to make it compelling. The release schedule and the fractured narrative (plus the cheap Avatar Press artwork) don't serve it well.

Ennis' Punisher was the only time the character has ever been even slightly worth reading about, that's for sure. Incredibly repetitve though; every story is pretty much "villain does something incredibly horrible, Frank Castle does something even worse to the villain"

That's the problem with the Punisher character, really. It's so one-note - and has to be - that there's really not much you can do with it. Interesting scenarios/violence and some cool secondary/surrounding characters is the best the Punisher can get. It reminds me of The Crow in that respect, or even the Saw movies.

The Book Depository are also an Amazon marketplace seller - so if you do those tedious surveys that get Amazon vouchers as rewards, you can use them for Book Depository stuff (although their books are slightly more expensive on Amazon marketplace).

Preacher - the book that got me into comics, and still by far the best thing I've ever read in any format. I think that's why I can't get into all that superhero shite. If I'd started with Green Lantern or Superman or whatever, I could probably enjoy them still. But when you first go to those things after Preacher, you're fucked.

In season 2, he fucks her again - and this time, she gets pregnant!

Why did they change it to a movie? A show about a zombie outbreak could be really great.

Probably because there aren't many avenues for it on American telly, what with the gore and all.

If I was looking to get into the whole World War Hulk story, what would be the best graphic novel to begin with?

 

I've seen the Planet Hulk book out there, and the World War hulk book as well, but was wondering if it's worth going back further than that?

In my experience, to get the full value of any mainstream superhero title, you have to go back about fifty years and then follow all the way through the various retcons that make wrestling's continuity look stellar. Every now and again, I pick up the first issue of the latest Marvel or DC "event" and I just haven't got a clue who the fuck anyone is or what their relationship is with some other character that I don't recognise. It reminds me a bit of soaps, only far more impenetrable and nonsensical. But then again, like Neighbours, if you stay tuned for a bit you probably get up to speed fairly quickly. I've never been too fond of superheroes, the only comics I read that have 'em in are Invincible (and I haven't read that for months) and The Boys. I started reading Ultimate Spider-Man a few years back, that was alright but my comic buying lapsed. I must download it at some point. Which reminds me - does anyone know any decent places for comic torrents? Zcult has been shit for ages and is probably dead now, and Demonoid's down at the minute too.

- Thrillseekers having some American fun! Jericho's jacket and the trousers of Lance are epic

And yet Jim Cornette has the cheek to rant about stupid comedy skits in modern wrestling.